Bottle and cap-fastener.



G. .A. WILLIAMS. BOTTLE AND GAP FASTENER,

APPLICATION FILED MM 31, 1912.

1,1 30,783, Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

, lVaterbury,

time s GEORGE A. WILLIAMS, CF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILLIAMS SEALING CORPORATION, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT,

NEOTICUT.

A CORPORATION OF CON Application filed May 31, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, Gnonoe A. W ILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottles and Gap- Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to bottles and caps therefor and more particularly to a bottle neck shaped for engagement with the cap and fastener patented to me December 10, 1907, Number 873,616.

The object of this invention is to provide a bottle neck of such construction as to provide at protecting means for the fastening lever of the cap; and a bottle neck constructed as herein shown and described has been found particularly well'adapted for whisky flasks and similar bottles and as before stated the main object is to provide a protecting means against the accidental uplifting of the lever, which when thrown down serves to fasten the cap upon the mouth of the bottle.

Another object of the invention is to provide for sealing the lever in its locked posi tion by means of a paper or other band so as to insure by means of an unbroken or unimpaired band, the geuuineness of the con tents of the bottle l/Vith these objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim In the-drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a view of a flask constructed in accordance with my invenion and having a cap fastened and sealed thereon. Fig. 2 is a side view of the upper portion of the flask. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the neck of the flask. Fig. 5 shows the invention applied to the neck of a Wine bottle.

-Referring to the drawings, A, indicates a cap having a spring ring A, fastened by means of a lever A all of said parts being substantially the same as shown and de scribed in my Patent Number 873,646.

B, indicates the neck of the flask, the ex:- terior of the top being. constructed with an undercut groove 13, which tern'linates in a horizontal shoulder B", said shoulder extending outwardly a considerable distance Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915. Serial No. 700,784.

and the exterior of the bottle is then curved inwardly and downwardly as shown at B and then carried straight for a certain distance as shown at B, at the lower end of which is formed the outwardly projecting annular shoulder or collar B semi-circular in cross section as shown.

In operation tofasten said cap upon the neck and this downward movement of the lever is continued until its extreme lower end comes in contact with the straight surface B", of the bottle neck as most clearly shown, and it will then rest directly above the annular collar B and this collar will serve as a prcitecting means for preventing the accidental uplifting of the lever, which would result in releasing the fastening means of the cap.

It is obvious that any upward movement of the hand or fingers along the neck of the flask would be prevented from coming" in contact with the the collar B but it is also obvious that-when it is intended to release the lever it could be easily grasped at its lower end. as ample space is provided between the collanli", and

lower end of the lever by I the cap is fitted upon the top of the neck and the lever is thrown down rounded portion 13 or the end of the thumb lever if desired.

After the lever has been thrown up, pressure of the thumb upon the head thereof will cause the cap to be lifted from the top of the bottle. In order to insure against fraudulent refilling of the bottle a sealing band C, may be placed around the neck of the bottle just above the collar 13, thereby passing over the end of the lever as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2, said sealing band being of paper or any other suitable material and attached to the neck of the bottle, and the unbroken or unimpaired condition of this band will insure the genuineness of the contents of the bottle.

Having thus fully (leSCllUCd my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

The combination with a cap having a ficxible skirt, a ring, and a lever for expanding and contracting said skirt, of a bottle neck adapted to receive said cap-said neck being circumferentially undercut to receive said ring, and having an annular shoulderadjacent the undercut portion and below the same, the top face of said shoulder being ing means carried by the bottle between the fiat, the side and underface of tllie sloulder said shoulder and the collar.

eing rounded, and an. exterior e0 lar ornied r on said bottle neck and below and spaced GEORGE W L S 5 from said shoulder, the free end of the lever Witnesses:

bearing against the neck and above the col- CHAS. E. BROCK lar when the cap is locked, and lever 10ck- SAMUEL P. \VILLIAMS, Jr. 

